Optional: Find two articles or videos where teachers talk about how they use posters with their students.
Summarize articles/videos (2-3 sentences) and hyperlink to article or video on your wiki page.
Samples: (create samples and post them on your Posters page or create projects for your instructional plans and post them there then reflect on them on your Teaching and Tech page).
http://www.storyjumper.com/ (print story as a pdf then post pdf, grab a screenshot of the cover of the story and post that as a jpg to jazz up your wiki page)
http://storybird.com/(make your story public then post the link to it, grab a screenshot of the cover then post as a jpg to make your story sound interesting)
http://comiclife.com/ or ComicMaster -- social studies group, try this one to create graphic novels or comics. Middle-school students learn math through comic books Students at a middle school in Indiana are using comic books to learn math concepts. The "Solution Squad" superheroes, invented by math teacher Jim McClain, incorporates math problems in the stories and adheres to Common Core State Standards and Indiana standards. "Kids will read comics," McClain said. "One of the things that's hobbled teachers in recent years are the books we have to use -- it's very scripted."The Elkhart Truth (Ind.)
http://goanimate.com/ This one actually creates a video but in my mind equates to writing a book.
ZooBurst -- 3-d pop up books
Seussville Story Maker -- Probably okay for Dr Seuss' Birthday, but didn't thrill me as much.
iBooksAuthor Write a text book chapter with this one.
Note: You can also use PPT or Google Draw to make books. One page equals one slide. Make slides in either landscape or portrait direction. Print then staple or use electronically. With PPT you could also add audio and video if you wished. Or, make interactive. Your creativity is the limiting factor.
If you are having trouble saving the Wordle as a jpg (1) select Open in Window option, (2) print, (3) don't print to your printer, use save as pdf option instead, (4) on a Mac open your PDF then save as a JPG, on a Windows machine take a screenshot then paste into Paint to edit and save as a jpg, (5) use the jpg. Or, you could take a screenshot on the Mac or use the Snipping Tool on a Windows machine then upload the graphic.
Read Ten Reasons Google Drawings Should Be on Your Classroom Radar
Create a drawing using Google Draw Include:
-- text (change color from black)
-- a shape, change color, rotate
-- Lines where you draw a shape, change color
-- an image
Change Sharing options to Public
Save as a jpg -- post on your wiki -- File - download as - jpg
Embed in your wiki -- File - publish to the web - embed code shows Google Draw tutorial and script:
Create a slideshow or movie (movie trailer, annotated bib) using an app you haven't used before such as Prezi or PowToon , PhotoPeach , PhotoStory3, or something else 40 Sites & Apps for Creating Presentations, Presently Perfect! 10 Powerful Presentation Tools for Educators). Embed show on your site. PhotoPeach -- slideshow with music and captions (no voice narration), uses Flash (so won't show on iPad), hosted on PhotoPeach site (free version does not allow you to download your shows, pay version does), be sure to manage your comments selecting to not allow comments Prezi -- is rather like PowerPoint but yet different. It allows you to zoom in and out of things. This is nice.... unless it makes you dizzy. If you want to view it on your iPad, download Prezi Viewer (free). You find the embed code once you go back to the Prezi page with all your prezi's on it. As usual, it's under Share. Be sure to set the Permissions to Public so you don't have to be logged into your account to see the show.PhotoStory3 -- a Windows only product for making movies. Allows the use of still photos, titles and captions, narration, background music. Create movie, export it, upload exported movie to YouTube, embed YouTube video into wiki. Lucid Chart -- This Google Tool allows you to create posters and then present them. (Look in Google Apps, click on More then Even More) Introducing presentation mode: a better way to present your diagrams
(optional) Create a concept map using Inspiration or another app. Be sure concept map has graphics! Post as a graphic.
Inspiration (free 30 day trial available to use at home, program available on the lab computers on campus. If you make an Inspiration at home, save as oldest version possible, our program on campus isn't the latest version.)
Tell the name of each app you used and any special notes about their use or posting them on your site.
Reflections: Based on what you have discovered, on your wiki page tell how you and your students might use this tool to support and/or demonstrate learning.
Due Nov 8, midnight Wordle
Here is a jpg of the Wordle I created. The text I used was from my Above and Beyond page. What could I say about it? What does it say about me?
If you are having trouble saving the Wordle as a jpg (1) select Open in Window option, (2) print, (3) don't print to your printer, use save as pdf option instead, (4) on a Mac open your PDF then save as a JPG, on a Windows machine take a screenshot then paste into Paint to edit and save as a jpg, (5) use the jpg. Or, you could take a screenshot on the Mac or use the Snipping Tool on a Windows machine then upload the graphic.
What are they and why create them?
Posters are posters. They are a great way to communicate learning. They also stress creativity.Your assignment:
Summarize articles/videos (2-3 sentences) and hyperlink to article or video on your wiki page.
multimedia poster (Glogster Tech for Teachers - Glogster—A New Way to Look at the Poster Projectused to be very popular, they now have made this a paid tool so select something else such as Lucid Press),
or timeline (Top 10 Sites for Creating Timelines),
or infographic (try Piktochart or something else 21+ Digital Poster Tools & Tipshttp://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/01/great-infographic-making-tools-for.html)
or book. It can be a comic book/graphic novel or any type of book you wish. {High school teachers, check out Comic Life and iBooks Author.} or sketching app (Sketchnoting For Reflection)
A few easy to use apps include:
Middle-school students learn math through comic books
Students at a middle school in Indiana are using comic books to learn math concepts. The "Solution Squad" superheroes, invented by math teacher Jim McClain, incorporates math problems in the stories and adheres to Common Core State Standards and Indiana standards. "Kids will read comics," McClain said. "One of the things that's hobbled teachers in recent years are the books we have to use -- it's very scripted." The Elkhart Truth (Ind.)
10 Good iPad Book Creator Apps to Use with Your Students
Create a drawing using Google Draw Include:
-- text (change color from black)
-- a shape, change color, rotate
-- Lines where you draw a shape, change color
-- an image
Change Sharing options to Public
Save as a jpg -- post on your wiki -- File - download as - jpg
Embed in your wiki -- File - publish to the web - embed code shows
Google Draw tutorial and script:
http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cIehDmVDTP
or
https://youtu.be/AW0zElYAMaM
PhotoPeach -- slideshow with music and captions (no voice narration), uses Flash (so won't show on iPad), hosted on PhotoPeach site (free version does not allow you to download your shows, pay version does), be sure to manage your comments selecting to not allow comments
Prezi -- is rather like PowerPoint but yet different. It allows you to zoom in and out of things. This is nice.... unless it makes you dizzy. If you want to view it on your iPad, download Prezi Viewer (free). You find the embed code once you go back to the Prezi page with all your prezi's on it. As usual, it's under Share. Be sure to set the Permissions to Public so you don't have to be logged into your account to see the show.PhotoStory3 -- a Windows only product for making movies. Allows the use of still photos, titles and captions, narration, background music. Create movie, export it, upload exported movie to YouTube, embed YouTube video into wiki.
Lucid Chart -- This Google Tool allows you to create posters and then present them. (Look in Google Apps, click on More then Even More) Introducing presentation mode: a better way to present your diagrams
Inspiration Tutorial https://youtu.be/OfVQImarklI
Due Nov 8, midnight
Wordle
Here is a jpg of the Wordle I created. The text I used was from my Above and Beyond page. What could I say about it? What does it say about me?
If you are having trouble saving the Wordle as a jpg (1) select Open in Window option, (2) print, (3) don't print to your printer, use save as pdf option instead, (4) on a Mac open your PDF then save as a JPG, on a Windows machine take a screenshot then paste into Paint to edit and save as a jpg, (5) use the jpg. Or, you could take a screenshot on the Mac or use the Snipping Tool on a Windows machine then upload the graphic.
Tagxedo
Collage.com
PhotoPeach
junk on PhotoPeach
Inspiration Sample